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Tokyo Banana World comes out with new matcha cake that looks sure to be a treat

• Kay
  Oct 23, 2017
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It’s the first Japanese-flavored item they’ve released in 16 years, so sweets fans have good reason to expect it to be delicious.

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• Japan
• (cake • COK • dessert • Ginza Cake • matcha • sweet • Tokyo Banana)

Japanese ninja proficiency test to be held in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2017

Do you have what it takes to become a certified shadow warrior?

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• Japan
• (COK • exam • Koka City • Ninja)

Anime canned coffee from China has us hoping for a sequel to a caffeinated beverage【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2017

Nijigen has Japanese influences both inside and out.

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• China
• (anime • canned coffee • coffee • COK • drinks • milk • otaku • SNOJ • video)

Foreign tourists pick the top 10 must-visit museums in Japan

• Koh Ruide
  Oct 16, 2017

These collections of samurai armor, ancient artifacts, and futuristic technology are sure to pique your interest.

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• Japan
• (COK • museums • top 10 • tourist destinations • travel • Trip Advisor)

Meet Qoobo, the cushion-shaped therapy robot with a moving tail!【Pics, Videos】

• Kay
  Oct 8, 2017

How would you like to be soothed by a robot that looks like a furry cushion with a tail?

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• Japan
• (COK • machine • Qoobo • relaxation • robot • technology • YUKAI Engineering Inc.)

Häagen-Dazs’ new gold matcha ice cream has French heritage and our full attention

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 29, 2017

Matcha Opera ice cream promises to make sweets fans ready to sing with joy.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • matcha • sweets)

Did the world’s happiest country also create the world’s spiciest food? We find out in Tokyo

• Jessica
  Sep 28, 2017

We try Bhutan’s fiery national dish at an off-the-beaten-track restaurant in Tokyo.

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• Japan, S Asia
• (Bhutan • COK • food • restaurants • SNO • spicy • taste test • Tokyo)

Is Tokyo’s cool-looking Pac-Man curry as terrible-tasting as we’d heard?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2017

We ignored the advice of one reviewer who said to “never, ever eat” the video game-inspired dish, but was our courageous decision a foolish one too?

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • curry • food • pac-man • restaurants • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video games • VR Zne Shinjuku)

Tokyo’s new giant Gundam anime robot statue is complete, and it’s awesome【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2017

We spend a day straining our necks and filling our anime-loving hearts to bursting staring up at the brand-new, full-size Unicorn Gundam statue.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • Gundam • Gundam Unicorn • odaiba • robots • SNO • statues • Tokyo • travel • Unicorn Gundam)

Fulfill your dreams of becoming Goku with a Flying Nimbus cushion and Kamehameha ball

• Koh Ruide
  Sep 23, 2017

These Dragon Ball accessories will send your power level skyrocketing.

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• Japan
• (Bandai • COK • cushion • Dragon Ball • Goku • kamehameha • toy)

Poisonous blowfish ramen restaurant in Tokyo is death-defyingly delicious【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2017

Fugu, one of Japan’s most gourmet foods, is the ramen star of the classy Ginza neighborhood.

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• Japan
• (blowfish • COK • food • fugu • ramen • restaurants • SNO • taste test • Tokyo)

Katy Perry appears in Japanese commercial for Laundrin’ 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2017

The singer strips off to show her appreciation for room scents and fabric softeners.

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• Japan
• (ads • COK • Japanese commercials • Katy Perry • Laundrin • music • video)

Move over, matcha. Starbucks makes its first-ever hojicha roasted green tea Frappuccino

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2017

The coffeehouse chain dives deeper into the world of Japanese tea.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • grape • green tea • hojicha • Starbucks • sweets • tea)

Fake yakuza arrested in Tokyo after threatening man who was walking while staring at a smartphone

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 30, 2017

Continued backlash against “arukisumaho” seen in social media users’ responses.

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• Japan
• (arukisumaho • COK • crime • Smartphones • Tokyo • violence • yakuza)

Beautiful Japanese dessert looks like cube of crystal-blue water, only sold at convenience store

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2017

Gorgeous enough for the fanciest restaurant in Tokyo, this is actually available only from one of Japan’s most popular convenience store chains.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • food • gold • Lawson • Natural Lawson • Ramune • SNO • sweets • Yokan)

Chance to see Japan bucket-list must-see scenery “Road to Laputa” gone for good?

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 29, 2017

Kumamoto Prefecture‘s stunning “Road To Laputa“, which looks like Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky come to life, may close permanently.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky • COK • Hayao Miyazaki • hiking • Kumamoto • Kyushu • Laputa • movies • nature • Road to Laputa • ruins • Studio Ghibli • tourism • travel)

Can you make instant udon noodles with room-temperature water? We find out

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 27, 2017

We needed to know if the idea is worth the almost non-existent level of effort.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • disasters • Donbe • food • instant noodles • life hacks • Noodles • SNJO • udon)

We straight-up eat a beetle at possibly Japan’s craziest restaurant

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2017

And no, it does not taste like chicken.

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• Japan
• (beetles • bugs • COK • crazy • food • gross • Kabutomushi • restaurants • SNJO • weird • Yokohama)

Super Mario and Princess Peach wedding registration forms make matrimony super in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2017

The first couple of Nintendo grace the legally binding documents.

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• Japan
• (COK • marriage • marriage registrations forms • nintendo • Princess Peach • romance • Super Mario • video games • weddings • Zexy)

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